Manuscript on paper of Christophorus Columbus (Christopher C.,1451-1506), Epistola de insulis de novo repertis. Relation of his first voyage to America (1492-1493), addressed to Raphael Sanchez and translated into Latin by Leander de Cosco, dated 14 March 1493. Probably copied from the edition Paris, [Guy Marchant, after 29 April 1493], GKW 7175, variant (a). With Bartholomaeus Columbus (Bartholomew C., c. 1460-1514), Descrizione della navigazione nel Mondo Nuovo. The text is in the wrong order, being probably copied from an exemplar in four pages, of which pages 2 and 3 were inverted. The manuscript should be read in the following order: (1) p. 1, lines 1 to 20 asai; (2) p. 2, lines 6 lavorate to 28 vidono di; (3) p. 1, line 20 dismontar to p. 2, line 6 corazze; (4) p. 2, line 29 bambaso to the end. Copied by one hand in Gothica Hybrida Formata verging to the Semitextualis, with a typographic outlook (but totally different from the printing type used in the presumed exemplar).
Description:
At the top of the first page the autograph ownership inscription of Sigismondo Pandolfo de Malatesta (1498-1543?), son of Pandolfo Malatesta. From the Gritti family archives., Cite as: Christopher Columbus, Epistola de Insulis de Novo Repertis. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University., In Latin and Italian., Paragraph marks, flourished initials (5 ll. f. 1r, 3 ll. f. 5r) and Columbus coat of arms all in the same brown ink as the text. The arms closely resemble those found in the Genoa codex of his Book of Privileges., Unbound. Placed in a boardpaper portfolio and leather-backed boardpaper slip-case., and Watermark: cardinal's hat, var. Briquet 3409 ... (1519-1527?).
Subject (Geographic):
North America -- Description and travel--Early works to 1800
Subject (Name):
Columbus, Christopher and Cosco, Leandro di
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Italian literature -- 16th century, Manuscripts, Medieval -- Connecticut -- New Haven, and Navigation
The text includes a description of funeral decorations, including the catafalque.
Alternative Title:
Esequie d' Anna Maria Maurizia d'Austria cristianissima regina di Francia, Esequie della regina di Francia., Eseqvie d' Anna Maria Mavrizia d'Avstria cristianissima regina di Francia, Eseqvie d'Anna Maria Mavrizia d'Avstria cristianissima regina di Francia, Eseqvie d'Anna Maria Mavrizia d'Avstria., and Eseqvie della regina di Francia
Description:
Illustrations: one large, folded, engraved plate depicting a catafalque designed by Ferdinando Tacca, engraved by Adriaen Haelwegh after Jacopo Chiavistelli., No. 1 of 2 works bound together., Signatures: A-K⁴ (K3v, K4 blank)., and The text includes a description of funeral decorations, including the catafalque.
Publisher:
Nella stamp. di S.A.S.,
Subject (Geographic):
Florence (Italy)
Subject (Name):
Anne,--Queen, consort of Louis XIII, King of France,--1601-1666--Death and burial., Chiavistelli, Jacopo, 1621-1698., Ferdinando--II,--Grand-Duke of Tuscany,--1610-1670., Haelwegh, Adriaen, b. ca. 1637., Stamperia di S.A.S., printer., and Tacca, Ferdinando, 1619-1686.
Subject (Topic):
Funeral decorations--Italy--Florence--Early works to 1800. and Funeral rites and ceremonies--Italy--Florence--Early works to 1800.
From the Collection: Hanbury-Williams, Charles, 1708-1759
Published / Created:
1584 1717
Call Number:
LWL MSS 7
Container / Volume:
box 48, folder 11
Image Count:
37
Description:
The volume consists of five separate documents bound together; they are unrelated in hand, format, date, and topic though four of the five concern Ireland. Further content description and analysis was supplied at the item level by David Brown, Department of History, Trinity College Dublin, in December 2023.
The volume is in a stiff-board binding covered in brown paper with a blue cloth spine, with printed CH-W and Phillipps number labels on the spine. The Hanbury-Williams volume number is 42; the Phillipps number is 11409.
Manuscript, on paper, in a number of hands, containing a variety of religious and devotional texts, many related to the Franciscan order. Contents include lives of Francis of Assisi, Clare of Assisi, and Anthony of Padua; a poem on the day of judgement in ottava rima; lives of Christ and the Virgin Mary in Italian; writings of St. Bridget of Sweden in Italian; an account of the dedication of St. Lawrence's cathedral in Genoa; St. Anselm's Miracles of the Virgin; and two itineraries of visits to the Holy Land.
Description:
Bergendal Collection of Mediaeval Manuscripts (Bergandal 21). Purchased from Bernard Quaritch, Ltd., (Sotheby's sale, 2011 July 5, lot 69) on the T. Kimball Brooker Italian Renaissance Fund, Binding: modern full red leather., and Modern binder's blanks (ii + ii) not digitized.
Subject (Name):
Franciscans--Manuscripts
Subject (Topic):
Devotional literature, Italian, Devotional literature, Latin, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Geografia di Clavdio Tolomeo Alessandrino and Geographia. Italian. 1599
Description:
"Avertimento di Gioseppe Rosaccio, sopra i disegni delle tavole di Tolomeo", leaf 42, 2nd count, has separate caption title., "Della geografia di Clavdio Tolomeo Alessandrino ..." books two through eight, leaves 1 recto-186 recto, 4th count, contain the 27 old in text double maps, on inner forms of leaves with descriptive text. Note that the list of maps in book 1 given on leaves 1 recto and 2 verso do not reflect the cartographic contents within., "Della Geografia di Clavdio Tolomeo Alessandrino", leaves 1-41, 2nd count, has separate caption title., "Descrittione della Geografia vniversale, con tavole qvarantadve d'intaglio di rame, nelle quali secondo u più moderni geografi sono poste le prouincie, regni, città, castelli, monti, fiumi, laghi, porti, golfi, isole, & altre particolarità di tutta la terra; con discorsi fatti da Gioseppe Rosaccio, sopra di ciascuna tauola", leaves 1-144, 3rd count, contain the 41 modern in text double maps, in inner forms of leaves with descriptive text., "Espositioni, et introdvttioni vniversali di Girolamo Rvscelli sopra la Geografia di Clavdio Tolomeo Alessandrini", leaves [1-27], 5th count, has separate dated title page with imprint: In Venetia, M D XCVIII. Appresso gli heredi di Melchior Sessa., "Tavola de' nomi antichi, et moderni di tutte le prouincie, regioni, regni, città, castelli, ville, monti, fiumi, mari, selue, paludi, golfi, isole, capi, popoli, & altre cose notabili, contenute in tutto il presente volume di Tolomeo", leaves [11] recto-[36] verso, 1st count, has separate caption title., "Tavola delle cose piv notabili, che nella Geografia vniversale del Rosaccio si contengono", leaves [5] recto-[10] recto, 1st count, has separate caption title., (Titles of maps bound between leaves 1-144, 3rd count) [1]. Orbis terrae compendiosa descriptio -- [2]. Orbis descriptio -- [3]. Evropa -- [4]. Anglia et Hibernia nova -- [5]. Hispania nova tabvla -- [6]. Gallia nova tabvla -- [7]. Flandra, Brabantia et Holanda nova -- [8]. Tavola nvova di Germania -- [9]. Tavola nvova di Schiavonia -- [10]. Tavola nvova d'Italia -- [11]. Tavola nvova di Piemonte -- [12]. Tavola nvova della Marca d'Ancona -- [13]. Toscana nvova tavola -- [14]. Tavola Nvova di Sardegna et di Sicilia -- [15]. Polonia et Hvngaria nvova tavola -- [16]. Schonladia nvova -- [17]. Tavola nvova di Prvssia et di Livonia -- [18]. Di Hvngaria et Transilvania tavola novissima -- [19]. Graetia nvova tavola -- [20]. Africa -- [21]. Mavritania nvova tavola -- [22]. Africa minor nvova tavola -- [23]. Marmarica nvova tavola -- [24]. Egitto nvova tavola -- [25]. Africa nvova tavola -- [26]. Asia -- [27]. Natolia nvova tavola -- [28]. Soria et Terra Santa nvova tavola -- [29]. Persia nvova tavola -- [30]. Arabia Felice nvova tavola -- [31]. Calecvt nvova tavola -- [32]. India tercera nvova tavola -- [33]. America -- [34]. Tierra nveva -- [35]. Nveva Hispania tabvla nova -- [36]. Tierra nova -- [37]. Brasil nvova tavola -- [38]. Isola Spagnola nova -- [39]. Isola Cvba nova -- [40]. Septentrionalivm partivm nova tabvla -- [41]. Carta marina nvova tavola., (Titles of maps bound between leaves 1-186, 4th count) [1]. Tabvla Evropae I -- [2]. Tabvla Evropae II -- [3]. Tabvla Evropae III -- [4]. Tabvla Evropae IIII -- [5]. Evropae tabvla V -- [6]. Evropae tabvla VI -- [7]. Evropae tabvla VII -- [8]. Evropae tabvla VIII -- [9]. Evropae tabvla IX -- [10]. Tabvla Evropae X -- [11]. Tabvla Aphricae I -- [12]. Tabvla Aphricae II -- [13]. Tabvla Africae III -- [14]. Tabvla Africae IIII -- [15]. Tabvla Asiae I -- [16]. Tabvla Asiae II -- [17]. Tabvla Asiae III -- [18]. Tabvla Asiae IIII -- [19]. Tabvla Asiae V -- [20]. Tabvla Asiae VI -- [21]. Tabvla Asiae VII -- [22]. Tabvla Asiae VIII -- [23]. Tabvla Asiae IX -- [24]. Tabvla Asiae X -- [25]. Tabvla Asiae XI -- [26]. Tabvla Asiae XII -- [27]. Ptolemaei cognita., A quarto edition issued by the heirs of Melchior Sessa in Venice was also printed in 1598., Engraved printer's device on title pages; head and tail pieces; initials; includes in text woodcut diagrams., First printed in Latin in Vicenza in 1475 without maps; the maps from engraved copperplates were first included in the Bologna, 1477 edition., Includes indexes., Inscription on title page: Ex aliij Pajchalij Troije Tea[?]ing Civitatij. Bookplate: Thorne Collection of Cartogaphy and Geography. In vellum binding., Maps show pictorial relief., Roman numeral dated on title pages appear following places of publication., Signatures: *⁴ (*1 verso blank) ²*⁴ ²**² (²**2 verso blank) a-f⁴ g² A-K⁴ L² ²A⁴ ²B⁴ ²C² ²D² ²E-²K⁴ ²L² M⁴ N² O⁴ P-Q² R⁴ S-V² X⁴ Y-Z² 2A-2C² 2D⁴ 2E-2I² 2K⁴ 2L-3N² ³A⁴ ³B-³C² ³D-³E⁴ ³F² ³G-³I⁴ ³K² ³L-³M⁴ ³N-²P² ²Q-²R⁴ ²S² ²T-²X⁴ ²Y² ²Z⁴ ²2A-2B² ²2C-²2D⁴ ²2E² ²2F⁴ ²2G-2H² 2I-2L⁴ ²2M-2P² 2Q-2R⁴ 2S² 2T-2X⁴ 2Y² 2Z⁴ 3A² 3B⁴ 3C-3E⁴ 3F⁴ 3G-3I⁴ 3K⁴ 3L-3M⁴ 3N-3P⁴ (3P4 verso blank) ²a-²e⁴ ³e⁴ ²f⁴ ( -²f4)., Text primarily in Italian; titles and text on maps in Latin and Italian., and This is another edition of the Geografia translated from the Greek by Girolamo Ruscelli, which was first printed in Venice, 1561, here revised, enlarged, and edited by Giuseppe Rosaccio. The maps are the same as those which appeared in the Venice, 1548 edition which had been originally engraved by Giacomo Gastaldi, but have been retouched with new relief of ships and fish. However, according the Shirley, the regional maps in this edition are basically those which originated by Girolamo Puscelli in 1561, with amendments. The world maps consist of the Ptolemaic one dating from 1574 ([27]. Ptolemaei cognita), the original Carta marina ([41]. Carta marina nvova tavola) from the Venice, 1561 edition, and state 2 of the double-hemispherical world map of the Venice, 1561 edition with the addition of a southern continent ([2]. Orbis descriptio). There is also a fourth world map, almost certainly by Rosaccio himself, consisting of two hemispheres enclosed within a plain border ([1]. Orbis terrae compendiosa descriptio), which is a skillfull reproduction of Mercator's map of 1587 but with parallel latitudinals. Five new modern maps have been added to this edition given by Sabin as: map. [3]. Evropa, [18]. Di Hvungaria et Transilvania novissima, [20]. Africa, [26]. Asia, and [33]. America.
Publisher:
Appresso gli heredi di Melchior Sessa,
Subject (Geographic):
America--Geography--Maps
Subject (Name):
Rosaccio, Giuseppe, approximately 1530-approximately 1620, Ruscelli, Girolamo, -approximately 1565, and Thorne Collection of Cartogaphy and Geography Bookplate.
Subject (Topic):
Geography, Ancient--Maps and Mathematical geography
Description of the two ceremonies for the funeral of Felice Sandoval Enriquez held in the S. Maria della Scala Church of Milan on 12 and 26 October, 1671.
Alternative Title:
Gloriae theatrum dicatum excellentissimae Dominae D. Felici Sandovaliae Henriquiae, Ucedae Duci extinctae, Gloriae Theatrvm Dicatum Excellentissimae Dominae D. Felici Sandovaliae Henriqviae, Vcedae Dvci Extinctae, Teatro della gloria consagrato all'eccellentissima Signora D. Felice Sandoual Enriquez, duchessa d'Vceda defonta, and Teatro della gloria consagrato all'eccellentissima Signora D. Felice Sandoval Enriquez, dvchessa d'Vceda defonta
Description:
Added t.p. in Italian, which reads: Teatro della gloria consagrato all'eccellentissima Signora D. Felice Sandoual Enriquez, duchessa d'Vceda defonta, dall'eccellentissimo Signore D. Gaspar Tellez Giron duca d'Ossuna, conte d'Vregna, gouernatore dello stato di Milano, e capitan generale in Italia, nelle solenni esequie di essa, celebrate in Milano, l'anno 1671, à 26. di ottobre., Description of the two ceremonies for the funeral of Felice Sandoval Enriquez held in the S. Maria della Scala Church of Milan on 12 and 26 October, 1671., Errata: p. [231]., Illustrations: 10 prints on folded leaves : etching ; plate mark ca. 64 x 52 cm. or smaller. Seven by G.A. Besozzi, G.B. Bonacina or Cesare Fiori after Fiori, who designed the decorations, architecture and funeral machinery; 1 drawn and etched by Besozzi; 2 unsigned (plans). Include ports. (allegorical, with coat of arms) of the deceased and her spouse, exterior and interior decorations of the church of Santa Maria della Scala, Milan, the catafalque, and 2 plans, 1 with figures., Latin and Italian in parallel columns., and Signatures: pi² A-2F⁴.
Publisher:
s.n.,
Subject (Geographic):
Milan (Italy)--Kings and rulers--Biography.
Subject (Name):
Besozzi, Giovanni Ambrogio, 1648-1706., Bonacina, Giovanni Battista., Fiori, Cesare, 1636-1702., S. Maria della Scala (Church : Milan, Italy)., Sandoval Enriquez, Felice,--duquesa de Uceda,--d. 1671--Death and burial., and Téllez Girón, Gaspar,--duque de Osuna,--1625-1694.
Subject (Topic):
Funeral decorations--Italy--Milan--Early works to 1800., Funeral rites and ceremonies--Italy--Milan--Early works to 1800., and Nobility--Spain--Biography.
Manuscript on parchment of an anonymous Latin grammar, with some Italian translations
Description:
In Latin, with some Italian., Written by a single scribe in careful humanistic cursive, above top line., Folio 1r illuminated by Francesco d'Antonio del Chierico. Full border, partially rubbed, of white vine-stem ornament curling around a thin gold bar against blue, green and pink ground. In outer border, a medallion, framed in gold, with profile of a young man against blue ground. In lower border a wreathed medallion, framed by two circles of gold with partially erased arms. Medallion supported by six green and red winged putti. The entire border inhabited by a large number of putti playing among the vine stem, various birds and three does. Illuminated initial, 3-line, joined to the border, gold against blue, green and pink ground with white vine-stem ornament inhabited by a seated putto. One small illuminated initial, f. 1v, 2-line, gold against blue and pink ground with white filigree (partly rubbed). Plain initials alternate in red and blue. Guide letters for initials., and Binding: Nineteenth century, Italy (?). Semi-limp vellum case.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Latin language, Grammar, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript bifolium on parchment, containing text from the Heroides, with the text of the Italian prose translation by Filippo Ceffi framing it in the margins
Description:
In Latin and Italian., Script: gothica textualis rotunda italiana., Decoration: capitals touched in yellow ink. Headings in red ink., and Labeled in a large later hand: "Ricorda...anno...161...."
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Ceffi, Filippo. and Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.